Press Releases

HRAPF Press statement for International Human Rights Day 2022

HRAPF Press Statement on International Safe Abortion Day

PRESS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SAFE ABORTION DAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2018  Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) Joins the World in Commemorating International Safe Abortion Day. “Normalising Abortion its Part of Our Lives” The fact that abortion is criminalised in Uganda with very little exception continues to contribute to the alarming rates of maternal mortality in the country. In 2016, the Guttmacher Institute released a study suggesting that there...

Dismissal of Abortion Case Against a Health Worker

Since November 2016, HRAPF has been handling a case in Mbarara involving a health care worker who provided post-abortion care to a young lady that regrettably died of post-abortion complications. The health worker was charged with manslaughter following the death of the patient, and has been answering said charges before the Chief Magistrate. During this time, HRAPF has worked tirelessly to ensure that the client is afforded a fair...

Kenya Court of Appeal declares Anal Examinations as unconstitutional

Last week the Kenya Court of Appeal made a land mark decision on subjection of suspected gay men to forced anal examinations in a bid to obtain evidence of engagement in consensual same sex conduct against them, in a case that was filed by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), an LGBTQ rights legal advocacy organisation in Kenya. The ruling which declared anal examinations as a...

Make use of the Resource Centre at HRAPF

We are pleased to inform all our partners, friends and clients that HRAPF runs a knowledge/resource Centre and we welcome all those who wish to take advantage of the available resources. We have in stock all of HRAPF’s major researches, periodic publications, analyses and guides to interpretation of laws and policies affecting marginalised persons. Additionally, we have resources contributed by our partners and from prominent authors on topics of...

HRAPF intervenes in sex worker’s case in Lira

Over the weekend, HRAPF was called upon to intervene in the case of a female sex worker in Lira who was arrested on Friday the 19th of February 2018 after being locked in her room with a client for hours by a police officer. The officer had previously raped her and continued to ask for sexual favours, which she was unwilling to grant. It is thought that both the...

HRAPF Resumes work after 2nd Break-In

On Friday 9th February, HRAPF suffered its second break-in in less than two years. Two guards were gravely injured but nothing was stolen. However, security systems and office doors were damaged. HRAPF held a sit-in at Old Kampala Police station to demand for investigations into the attack and provide security at the premises. A meeting was held with the police station leadership and concessions made, including provision of police...

Full Report of the second break-in at HRAPF offices

Here is the full report of the second break-in at the offices of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) on the morning of 9th February 2018. 18 02 14 Detailed Report on the HRAPF Office Break-in

HRAPF SUFFERS ANOTHER VIOLENT BREAK-IN

STATEMENT ON THE SECOND BREAK-IN AT THE OFFICES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND PROMOTION FORUM-UGANDA (HRAPF) Kampala, 9th February 2018 At about 3.00am this morning, a group of about nine unidentified individuals broke into the offices of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF). They jumped over the high perimeter wall surrounding the office, disabled the electricity supply and thus affecting the CCTV cameras, and then attacked the guards...

HRAPF EACJ case press statement

HRAPF EACJ Case Press Statement Final